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- Enacting clause stricken
- Print number 355b
- Amend and recommit to housing
- Referred to housing
- Print number 355a
- Amend and recommit to housing
- Referred to housing
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Penalizes by a minimum fine of $2500 persons who knowingly rent residential property in violation of state or local occupancy limits, zoning, or rules
In Senate Committee · Judiciary · Sponsor José Peralta
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:A355B
Title of bill
An act to amend the real property law, in relation to penalties for rentals which violate occupancy restrictions
Purpose or general idea of bill
Penalize any property owner, or other parties who, for a fee, knowingly takes part in or assists in the rental of residential property when such rental is in violation of state or local occupancy limits, zoning regulations, building codes, or any related rules or regulations.
Summary of specific provisions
Violators shall be defined following the stipulations in section three hundred four of the multiple residence law.
Violators shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine of twenty-five hundred dollars, or a sentence pursuant to subdivision five of section 80.05 of the penal code.
Property will be returned to prior conditions and violators will be responsible for incurring all relocation costs for any person who must move out.
Justification
To prevent landlords from getting away with illegal violations and deterring future violations by inferring the violator pays a fine, restore the property to its original state, and relocates the renter.
Prior legislative history
2007-2008 - A2625 01/09/08 - Referred to Housing
Fiscal implications
To be determined
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become law.
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